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Film and Video Editors pay in Michigan and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Film and Video Editors is $59,100 per year in Michigan. It is $103,440 per year in New York. Michigan is 42.9% below New York on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-4032 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 360 wage and salary jobs in Michigan and 3,710 in New York. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings